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Vocab #8 and 9
Honesty/Dishonesty words; Burning Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acknowledge (v) | Admit to be true; confess; avow. Ant. Deny |
| Bribe (n) | Money or a faor given or promised to a person to persuade that person to do something dishonest or illegal |
| Candor (n) | Honesty in saying what one really thinks; frankness; outspokenness. Ant. Evasion |
| Corrupt (adj)(v) | Influenced by bribes; dishonest; evil; mercenary |
| Disinterested (adj) | Free from selfish motives; unbiased; impartial. Ant. Biased; Partial |
| Equivocate (v) | Use language that has a double meaning in order to mislead; hedge |
| Ethical (adj) | Morally right; conforming to ethics (recognised rules for right conduct); upright; honorable. Ant.Immoral; Unethical |
| Hypocrite (n) | One who pretends to have--but really does not have-- desirable beliefs, principles, or attitudes; Pretender |
| Ardent (adj) | Burning with enthusiasm; fervent; zealous; impassioned. Ant. Cool |
| Arsonist (n) | one who maliciously burns or tries to burn a building or other property; incendiary |
| Caustic (adj) | 1. Burning or destroying flesh; corrosive. 2. Severely critical; Sarcastic; Sharp; Biting. ant. Genial |
| Flammable (adj) | Easily set on fire; inflammable; combustible. ant. incombustible |
| Glaring (adj) | Shining so brightly as to hurt the eyes; too obvious to escape notice; flagrant. Ant. Unnoticeable |
| Ignite (v) | 1. Set on fire; cause to burn; kindle. 2. Catch on fire; start burning |
| Kindling (n) | Bits of dry wood or other easily lighted material for starting a fire |
| Pyromaniac (n) | One who has an uncontrollable, insane impulse to set things on fire |
| Conflagration (n) | Huge destructive fire; Holocaust; inferno |
| Fervor (n) | Geat warmth of feeling or expression; enthusiasm; zeal; passion; ardor |
| Shirk (v) | Get out of doing one's work or duty; evade |
| Perjurer (n) | Willful telling of a lie while under oath; false swearing. |
| Candid (adj) | Frank; Outspoken; Sincere |
| Equivocal (adj) | Having two or more meanings; ambigous |
| Hypocrisy (n) | Pretense ofbeing what one is not |
| Hypocritical (adj) | Insincere |
| Caustically (adv) | Very critically; sarcastically |
| Ardor (n) | Great warmth of feeling; zeal |
| Arson (n) | Malicious burning of property |
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